[Note: Friends of Justice is a personal blog. I speak only for myself.]
“I sat in the prison medical unit across from Richard,* bound to his wheelchair, supplemental oxygen supply at the ready, almost three years to the day after he was granted compassionate release. We went over the list again. Relatives: public housing. Nursing home: too close to a school. Apartment: too much money; not wheelchair accessible. We would continue to do this for years.”
Read the article by Allison Frankel in The Yale Law Journal.
H/T Dr. Leonore Tiefer.
